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Englisch (Subject) / Vokabeln (Lesson)

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• Don't succumb to the temptation to have a biscuit - (to) succumb erliegen, unterliegen, sich beugen
• A woman's shrill laughter reverberated in the courtyard - (to) reverberate hallen, nachhallen, widerhallen
• he used bribery and extortion to build himself a huge mansion - bribery/extortion Bestechung und Erpressung
• Despite the adverse conditions, the road was finished in just eight months - adverse ungünstig, widrig
• incredibly blatant product placement - blatant eklatant, offensichtlich, krass
• He reserved particular venom for critics of his foreign policy - venom Bosheit, Gift, Gehässigkeit
• The volcano spewed out volcanic ashes, gases and rocks - (to) spew speien, sprucken, hervorsprudeln
• Now he faces virulent attacks from the Italian media - virulent bösartig, scharf, hetzerisch
• It was an incomprehensible mathematics puzzles - incomprehensible nicht nachvollziehbar, schleierhaft, unergründlich
• There is a fine line between helping and patronizing - fine line schmaler Grat
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• He railed against hypocrisy and greed - (to) rail auf jmd./etw. schimpfen
• The government increased prices on several basic commodities like bread and meat - commodity Ware, Artikel, Gut
• She is loath to give up her hard-earned liberty - loath abgeneigt, widerwillig
• He's already solicited their support on health care reform - (to) solicit sth./so. werben, bitten, betteln
• She was politically astute - astute scharfsinnig, raffiniert, gerissen
• they advocated an ethical foreign policy - (to) advocate sth. etw. befürworten, verfechten
• I always obey my father - (to) obey Folge leisten, gehorchen, (be)folgen
• can discern no difference between the two policies - (to) discern unterscheiden, wahrnehmen, erkennen
• a tall, vigorous, and muscular man - vigorous kräftig, energisch
• the sculpur was made in delicate work - delicate heikel, filigran (wohlschmeckend ist delicious)
• declaration of intent Willenserklärung
• frustration of contract Wegfall der Geschäftsgrundlage
• (to) contest a contract einen Vertrag anfechten
• The law barred mandatory attendance at trainings - (to) bar sth. verbieten, versperren (to) bar so. from sth.: jmd. von etw. ausschließen, jmd. etw. verbieten
• I can endorse their opinion wholeheartedly - (to) endorse bestätigen, billigen, befürworten
• The preliminary injunction is GRANTED in part - (to) grant bewähren, bewilligen, stattgeben
• Plaintiffs filed a motion for a preliminary injunction, asking this Court to enjoin Defendants from enforcing the new law - (to) enjoin gerichtlich verbieten, untersagen
• the fault is directly traceable to my office - traceable nachvollziehbar, nachweisbar, zurückführbar
• The plaintiff must set forth by affidavit or other evidence specific facts - (to) set forth darlegen
• Bess finally conceded that Nancy was right - (to) concede einräumen, eingestehen
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• From these facts we can infer that crime has been increasing - (to) infer rückschließen, schlussfolgern
• If you give your baby juice, dilute it well with cooled, boiled water - (to) dilute abschwächen, mindern, verwässern
• policies of nuclear deterrence - deterrence/determent Abschreckung
• to ramp up factory production - (to) ramp sth. up etw. aufstocken
• A great deal has been done internally to remedy the situation - (to) remedy abhelfen, beseitigen, in Ordnung bringen
• Mr Werner unveiled his new strategy this week - (to) unveil ("unwäil") enthüllen, bekannt machen
• The town was captured after a fierce battle with rebels at the weekend - fierce heftig, scharf, leidenschaftlich
• A brief but embarrassing silence ensued - (to) ensue sich ergeben, zur Folge haben
• He's a judo black belt but he says he deplores violence - (to) deplore bedauern, missbilligen
• The plaintiff submitted sufficient evidence - (to) submit evidence Der Kläger hat hinreichenden Beweis erbracht - Beweis antreten
• (to) serve a writ/search warrant, etc. etw. zustellen
• As the plaintiff has set forth - (to) set forth darlegen
• The president agreed to amend the constitution and allow multi-party elections - (to) amend richtigstellen, ändern, revidieren
• Without their assent a political settlement cannot be reached - assent Zustimmung, Einverständnis (to) assent = zustimmen, einwilligen
• Without their support the project would not have been conceivable. vorstellbar, denkbar
• Such lists are long and tedious to read. langweilig, ermüdend
• Political leaders have reached a tentative agreement. vorläufig, provisorisch, zaghaft
• Specialists see various reasons for the recent surge in inflation. (Plötzlicher) Anstieg
• People with fair skin who sunburn easily are very prone to skin cancer. geneigt, anfällig (negativ konnotiert)
• You must renounce your old ways of thinking. abschwören, verzichten

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